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Htownprincess and TakeoRay join Jonny this time to discuss Extra Life! A bus also joins in on the conversation on occaision. The music is off of Glomag’s album Roland & The Lamprey which you can download at http://www.8bitpeoples.com.

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As most of you probably know (if you are subscribed to the podcasts that is *hint hint*) the return of Extra Life is upon us!! For those of you who knew about us around this time last year know the crazy awesome that is this event. Well this year, we want to do it bigger.

EDPHQ is setting up four tv’s and have two computers at the ready.
We’ll be running two streams so not only can you watch what is going on on the screens, you’ll be able to constantly keep an eye on
us to make sure we don’t crash like we all almost did last year. (Yes,
Anthony…we know you survived the full day, jerk.)

Not only that, but EDP West will be joining us in the form of Oz, Snifit, and Twinkie as well as EDP Canada with brand new member to the staff, Delerat. Like last year we will have the list of games posted so you guys can tell us what to play next should we need it, and this year, we will also show our compendium of gamertags, PSN ID’s, Friend Codes, and Steam ID’s for all to see!!

All of this will go down on Saturday, October 17th starting at 10 AM CDT. (Sarcastic Gamer suggests 8 AM in your local timezone, but we’re not morning people). But you can do your part to make this year’s event bigger before we even get it off the ground.

Clicking on the banner to the right on this page (it looks like the picture at the top of this article) will take you where you need to go to either donate to the cause, or join us in our fight against pediatric cancer. Clicking the donate button on that site (not the one here) will allow to give us any dollar amount you wish per hour of our ordeal. Clicking “Join Our Team” will take you to the sign up page where where you can become one of the crazies.

All this is for a great cause. Texas Children’s is not only a leader in cancer research, but it pledges to always treat any child at little to no cost no matter what, of any illness. That alone should open up your pocketbooks.

So please, help us out and we will see you on the 17th!

–Jonny

The prospect is seemingly simple; sit on your ass and play some games, unless of course you are talking Wii games or Sing Star which involve the frantic waving of arms and bobbing around while yelling somewhere near the note in question. That would be getting ahead of ourselves though. Where the challenge truly lies is the task of doing so for 24 hours. Now I know some that might consider this inviting. Others… well lazy at best. I originally considered it something that would have a potential of fun exponentially bordering partying with Hunter S Thompson and Johnny Depp for a weekend. Lots of fun at the time with some great stories but damn am I going to feel like shit for the next couple days afterwards on the come down. At a base level though, the thought of indulging one’s self in a multitude of gaming: computer, video, board, etc. It would send shivers down the spine of any true gamer.  What I’m left with… well, it was an experience to say the least.

Well I guess the best way to describe this whole shindig is to start from the beginning. After a hearty breakfast of Chick-fil-a and the setup of three televisions and five gaming systems, we were set. Some might consider this borderline technologic insanity while I would place it more along the lines of holding ourselves back a bit. We of course started with the standard Wii Sports. Bowling to be specific.  Nothing like an hour or so of yelling at digital pins to fall the fuck down to start a gaming fest. It’s setting the mood really. Then it went on to jumping back and forth between Mega Man 9 and the original Super Mario Bros. One might consider it blasphemy to be playing Mega Man 9 on the Xbox and Mario Bros on a macbook but I say that if the game presents itself, I’ll still play it. At the very least it presents me with something to make sarcastic comments about rather then going “Hulk Smash!” on the nearest squishy item in view while having long cursing combos spewing from my mouth because of constant fatalities on the aforementioned games. I decided to also fit in some DOTA to the mix just to add some flavor. Rampaging around as an undead and creating hoard after hoard of zombies is always a great way to relax the mind, body, and spirit to a point of inner peace and tranquility.

Of course then I’m still left with 20 hours of gaming so I decided to eventually say fuck you to inner peace in order to join my fellow gaming comrades in huddling around the warm glow of the 52” tv to get our Halo on. At this point I deem it necessary to point out the brilliance of two things: ustream and Xbox online. Jon had a brilliant idea to setup a ustream account to, well, stream online this gaming orgy. Having viewers adding conversations and commentary brought a whole other level of fun and a great way of adding further trash talking to an already messy vortex of testosterone and caffeine. Also, while I’m usually adamant in my hatred for Xbox online, I was infused with a reminder of a means in which it can be used for good. Utilizing Xbox online to play with fellow PAX IRCers was a brilliant concept in it’s ability to utilize a maximum of gamer population potential without diluting it with idiot fucks whose verbosity only stretches the bounds of creativity in cursing and who’s emotional maturity is somewhere near that of a 7 year old child. Playing online with a number of friends brought us multiple other Halo spin off games to try out and an end result of hours of gaming fun.

After this though, some relaxation was needed and a yearning to play a classic game had been tugging at my heart all day. Particularly with the presence of a NES and SNES, the urge to drop in a cartridge, possibly after blowing into it profusely for an undisclosed amount of time, and fire up the roots of my childhood could not be ignored. I eventually settled on something I knew I could pleasure myself for hours on: Super Mario World for the SNES. Indulging myself in the run around world with feather after fireball after Yoshi egg after haunting ghost nearly brought tears to my eyes. It was a wonderful experience to say the least. It’s at times like those that I truly do realize my roots and how far gaming truly has come… or fallen, depending on the person you talk to.

As evening settled in and a yearning for grub commenced, we eventually progressed to wholesome and maturing games like Grand Theft Auto. Okay, so not maturing exactly but amusing none-the-less. I also was able to fit in a rousing and hate-filled game of Scrabble. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever played a game of Scrabble with so much disdain being poured into every word. Stealing away triple word bonuses from people usually tend to lead to anger and frustration though. Afterwards I got my karaoke on through some Sing Star. Nothing like singing Time After Time to totally annoy the crap out of other people in the same household and across the web.

Eventually there were four of us reaching the tired time of 5 in the morning and with none of us capable of making a simple decision as to what game to play, we decided to leave it up to our insomnia-driven viewers to choose a game for us. After a multitude of terrible suggestions, we settled on Boom Blox and Castle Crashers to finish things out. On a side note, Boom Blox totally fucks physics up the ass and leaves it to cry in an alleyway bleeding and shivering with a vain hope to find peace at some point in the future. But we made it through tons of screaming and laughing. Fun times indeed. I also got to try out Castle Crashers, which is a cornucopia of humor and classic style gaming at it’s finest.

We slumped across the finish line in horrible gaming glory. We were packed with caffeine and in dire need of sleep but we were happy and felt like we accomplished something pretty darn good. Maybe it was because of being a part of the $100K+ contribution towards the Texas Children’s Hospital. Maybe it was because of actually completing 24 hours of gaming in it’s many forms. Maybe it was because we were horribly delusional and that was the only emotion we were capable of. But we were content with what we had done.

Hells yeah bitches!

The video this time…is a rare occaision where Jonny beats Anthony at Wii Bowling

What a whirlwind! I just got done taking a brief nap (I’m trying not to screw up my sleep schedule), and I thought I’d throw up a quick list of games I played:

• King’s Bounty: The Legend (PC)
  
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC)
  
• Exalted (PnP)
  
• Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (DS)
• Halo 3 (360)
• Hinterland (PC)
• Grand Theft Auto IV (360)

I played GTA4 with the Epic Default crew for countless hours (felt like at least 6) and I only wish I’d recorded it so I could cut out the highlights for you. Example: My friend Randomguy’s favorite tactic was to run past you, dropping grenades. I can’t count the number of times I gunned him down only to get blown up outta nowhere. Seriously, he plays GTA4 like most people play Bomberman. I’m sure Jonny will put up a summary later. Right, Jonny? *nudge*

Admin note: I don’t usually do these, but I’ve been nudged, so I must retaliate. I will not post up a summary, simply because Anthony wanted to do so for his article. It should be up tomorrow. I will however throw up all the recordings I made off of the live stream, so in case you missed it, you’ll be able to see.

I’ll put one up per post, starting with our little intro into the madness

If you haven’t donated yet, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

Just kidding, but in all seriousness, this is an awesome cause, so you should donate if you can.  Even if it’s only $1 it will still help.  So please please please, help out the cause and empty your wallets to our team (especially Anthony and DJ…damn cheapskates :p)

For more info, please go to Extra Life’s home page

Donate to EDP

Donate to ClickPicTony (Anthony)

Donate to neenerheaddj (DJ)

Donate to Ekastoh (HotSake)

Donate to Jonny Nero (Jonathan)

So, this week has not been the best in Houston. The Epic Default House, along with 1.5 million other people, still is without power. There is devastation everywhere. And least of all the worries this week…my laptop caught a very nasty virus.

Luckily, I was planning for a reformat of the ol’ hard drive anyway. So I just took that opportunity to do so. Problem is, it took away from editing time. However the PAX episode will still be up sometime today/tomorrow morning, so stay tuned.

There is one thing that is a bright spot in Houston this week, however. Something you can help make brighter. The guys over at Sarcastic Gamer rolled out a great fundraiser for the Texas Children’s Cancer Center called Extra Life at PAX. I had personally known about this event for a while (one of the luck few who were at the SG Birthday Party when Doc round tabled it) and I’ve been excited for this day since he revealed it.

Today, Epic Default Productions officially announces it’s support of this cause. We already have a team set up, and some donations are coming in right now.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Extra Life is a 24-hour game-a-thon from 9am Saturday, October 18th, to 9am Sunday, October 19th (that’s in your local timezone). That’s right, you play games for 24 hours, and have people pay money to sponsor you. It’s really that simple, and that bad ass. Of course, more info can be found at the Extra Life site and Sarcastic Gamer as well.

Please donate to one of us if you would like, or give a Saturday to the cause. If you decide to join in on the fun, join our team! We want to make a great showing for EDP and kick Cancer’s ass!